Kick-plate frame



March 24, 1925.

. 1,530,830 J. H. HYAMS 1 I KICK PLATE FRAME- Filed Ded. 4, 1924Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOHN HENRY HYAMS,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

KICILPLATE FRAIvIE.

i I Application filed December To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN l-IENRY IIYAMS, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and resident of the city of Chicago, in the State ofIllinois, United States of America, have invented certain new and useful.Im provements in Kick-Plate Frames, of which the following isaspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in kick plates and the objects ofthe invention are to provide a kick plate with an adjustable frameadapted to detachably engage with the plate and designed to be adjustedto fit any size of plate.

Further objects are to provide a kick plate of this description in whichthe plate can be removed for cleaning under all conditions of weatherand quickly replaced thus avoiding the necessity of cleaning the platewhen in position on a door or the like.

Still further objects are to provide an adj ustable and detachablymounted kick plate for doors and the like which can be kept clean underall weather conditions without inconvenience or exposure and withoutwaste of them.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consistsessentially in the combination with an ordinary kick plate for doors orthe like of an adjustable frame adapted to detachably engage with thekick plate and to retain it securely in position on the door or thelike.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in each figure,

Figure 1 is a. front elevation. of my improved kick plate frame attachedto a door, the kick plate being removed for purposes of clearness,

Figure 2 is an 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is an 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is an 4-4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figure 1, and a Figure 6 is asection on line 66 of Figure 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A indicates a door ofthe ordinary construction on whichis mounted the kick plate frame 10,forming the essential feature of my invention, and comprising top andbottom sides 11 and 12 designed to teleenlarged section on line enlargedsection 011 line enlarged section on line 4, 1924. Serial no. 753,999.

, scopically' engage with one anotherwhereby the frame can be adjustedlongitudinally to fit any size'of kick plate 13. The frame 10 is alsoadjustable Vertically by means of the extensibleend pieces, 14 and 15,hinged at 16v and 17 to the bottom side 12 and provided at the top withhinged members 18 having a pin 19 therein adapted to engage withorifices 20 in the top side 11.

The ends 14 and 15, similar to the sides 11 and 12, are formed in twosections designed to telescopically engage with one another and providedwith'suitable sto p members 21 to limit the travel thereof in extendedposition. The frame pieces are also suitably channeled to engage withand retain the kick plate 13.

For securing the frame, when adjusted on a door, I provide a pluralityof orificed lugs 22 integral therewith to engagewith suitable securingmeans. Orificed metal plates 23 may also be used for the same purpose.

From the foregoing it will be seen that each end of the frame is freeandcan be opened toplace or remove the kick plate 13 according to theusage of the door, either to the right or left, and also from both endsin the case of double doors. To take out the kick plate it is onlynecessary to raise the member 18 as indicated in dotted lines, Figure 6.This action disen ages the pin 19 from the orifice 20 and t e end 1415is then swung outwardly as indicated in dotted lines Figure 3. Provisionfor the outward swing is made by the hinge 17. The kick plate 13 maythen be removed.

With the use of my improved frame, the kick plate can be kept highlypolished at all times without extension or exposure while in extremes oftemperature it becomes a. great time saver by affording a simple andeffective means of keeping the kick plate clean and adds to the generalappearance and protection of the door.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my invention withinthe scopeof the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scopethereof, it is intendedthat all matter contained in the accompanyingspecification and claims shall be interpreted in an illustrative and notin a. limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A kick plate frame for doors or the like, Kmeans for securing theframe on a door, means for adjusting the frame to suit the size of kickplate and means -formed in the frame for detachably retaining the kickplate securely in position.

2. A kick plate frame for doors or the like comprising top and'bottomsides and ends formed in sections adapted to telescopically engage Withone another whereby the frame is adjustable longitudinally andvertically, means carried by the frame for securing it to a door or thelike when adjusted and means formed in the frame for detachablyretaining a kick plate in position.

3. The device as claimed in claim i2 in Which the ends of the frame arehingedly connected to oneofth'e sides.

4c. The device as claimed in claim '2 in which the hinged endsoft'he'frame are provided with a pivotally mounted catch adapted to engagewith the side of the frame to retain the hinged end in closed position.

In 'adevice of the character described,

comprising a plurality (if extensible sections adapted to form ana-djust-able'frame, a kick plate, channels formed in said frame adaptedto detachably engage With saidplate.

'6. In a device of the character described and in combination With akick plate for doors or the like, an extensible frame adapt- I ed tohold said plate, hingedly connected end pieces for said frame adapted tobe swung horizontally;

tions to slidably engage with a plate or the like and means for securingthe frame to a door or the hke.

In witness whereof 'Ihavefhereunto set my hand in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

JOHN HENRY -'HY'AMS. 'Witnesses:

WVLH. CLARK, J. J. REEVES.

